Psalm 19: 11 Passion For they warn us, his servants, and keep us from following the wicked way, giving a lifetime guarantee: great success to every obedient soul! We all want great success, don’t we? In this, the eleventh verse, King David points out that all that he has written in the […]
Psalm 17: 4 – 5 Passion Following your word has kept me from wrong. Your ways have molded my footsteps, keeping me from going down the forbidden paths of the destroyer. 5 My steps follow in the tracks of your chariot wheels, always staying in their path, never […]
John 14: 6 I am . . . the life. My friend told me that the number 18 in Hebrew means “life” so, since today is the eighteenth, it is the day of life. The word “chai” means life, or alive. I like to think it means “fully alive.” Let’s celebrate life today. Jesus is […]
Philippians 2: 12 Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Do you remember the Disney movie Pinocchio? I had it on last week and was struck, as never before, with the commonality between that little wooden headed boy and Christians. The story goes that Geppetto, a wood carver by trade, made the little wooden […]
John 14: 6 I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. Jesus is the source of life. Everything which has life has it in Jesus. Whether or not a person chooses Jesus as his lord or not, his life force is only because Jesus […]
Ephesians 6: 14b Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness. What do you picture when you hear “breastplate?” Do you see Roman armor or perhaps medieval knight armor? A good visual image helps understand the importance of this piece of armor. The breastplate protects all […]
Ephesians 6: 14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth. The first piece of armor God has given us is truth. It is worn like a belt, around your middle. It circumnavigates your whole body and connects the lower and the upper half. Truth is the beginning point. Without tying yourself to the […]
